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Hi guys, I have noticed that the DHD has some issues with audio playing. I have noticed that sometimes, when using the HTC Music app and switching sound enhancements the app sometimes crashes, or audio stops completely forcing me to restart the device.
Also yesterday I was out driving for about 4 hours. I had Car Tunes app playing music and CoPilot Live 8 running for my SatNav, with the DHD plugged into my car audio using phono. I noticed that after unplugging and plugging in the audio cable, the audio would become very erratic. Car Tunes would always play audio full volume, but CoPilot (voice) would vary from being almost inaudible to full volume. This just seemed to happen randomly and would correct itself every now and again, then 'break' then 'fix' over and over.
On my way home yesterday the audio in both CoPilot and Car Tunes stopped working while plugged into phono. Audio is perfect without phono, but when phono is plugged in no audio can be heard. This is pretty strange as system sounds screen lock, volume adjust tone, etc. all work fine with phono plugged in.
I have noticed the sound enhancements crash bug with my 2 previous DHD devices as well as this one. One thing I have done to this is S-Off and BUZZ oc-uv 1.28 kernel.
Recap:
Yesterday while plugging phono in and out over and over (using satnav and leaving/re-entering car) audio would randomly become high/low in CoPilot only. Testing other music apps (to find satnav audio problem) found that Music app crashes/kills all audio/causes reboot of device when activating/chaing sound enhancement.
And now...
Phono out
- all sound works
Phono in
- no music audio (any app)
- no video audio (any app)
- no apps sound (Angry Birds, NFS game, etc)
- CoPilot voice OK
- system sounds OK
- if audio is playing before phono, when phono plugged in audio can be heard for split second
Has anybody else had issues like these? It doesnt seem to be a broken phono jack as some audio does come through it. I'm not up to speed with Android enough to know what handles different types of audio, or what could be the issue.
Does nobody else have any issue like this?
Could anybody who is up to speed with Android advise if this would be a corrupted system file of some description?
Well I didn't read all, but I think something is wrong when CoPilot is running...
On another day I was driving and playing music at same time, using the headset out to pluggin to my car. I needed to use GPS and start CoPilot. Selected a route and when the voice needed to say something the music simply was muted (or paused) ...
I didn't try too much cause CoPilot start to freeze my device and eventually I had to reset the phone with much difficulty...
Probably CoPilot is the culprit of all this
I have to try another gps program. Going to test Ndrive.
I miss so much iGO (it's not on sale for general users) and TomTom (not at all)
OK so another update on this.
Today I was out on another 5 hour journey and had CoPilot operating perfectly all day through my car audio (using phono). After around 3.5hrs of driving I got held up in very heavy traffic and was pretty much stationery so I decided to put on Youtube to pass the time with a few quick videos and noticed no audio was coming from it either so I used the volume buttons to make sure audio was at full.......turns out it was all the way down to mute!! This shouldnt have been as I always have youtube (and media volume in general) up to full. So I turn it up and it worked perfectly again. So I thought I would try my luck and test music....it was also now working flawlessly!!
This is really peculiar as I know I checked the volume of Car Tunes, HTC Music and Rockplayer numerous times each, before and after device reboots the other day when it wasnt working. It seems that all of a sudden the audio is now working again through phono, without any device reboots or reconfiguration of any kind.
One thing though.........I'm now back to having the high music / low CoPilot voice issue again.
Perhaps this may be some sort of CoPilot issue affecting audio on Android ?
Would love to hear some feedback or suggestions on this one lol
Note 4
Tmobile stock rom - Rooted
4.4.4
I listen to audio all day, usually audible or pocket casts, through car bluetooth, plantronics backbeatGo 2, other bluetooth based speakers, and occasionally wired.
The problem is that if I pause the audio, there is a very good chance that it will not resume even after just a couple minutes. The audio app controls will also not be visible on the lock screen, forcing a drill in back to the app.
Any ideas on how to keep audio or certain apps a little more persistent? Is anyone else having this problem?
Thanks
Just got my GS 7 Edge yesterday, and after having the S6 and Note 5, one thing I've noticed immediately was there was a crackle/static noise when streaming audio via bluetooth to my car. This issue was also present in the last 2 phones, but when I use my Nexus 6P everything is fine. Has anyone else seen this issue with their phone yet? It sucks because my '15 Honda Civic does not have an AUX port so I have to use bluetooth. I've tried using different apps (Spotify and PowerAmp are my 2 most used apps) and no change. Seems to be more noticeable in PowerAmp though.
Try turning down the volume on one device and turning it up on the other.
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I am not experiencing static or cracking but what I do notice is that when streaming audio on bluetooth while watching a video, the audio is out of sync by like 2 seconds always. Very annoying
Tradio said:
I am not experiencing static or cracking but what I do notice is that when streaming audio on bluetooth while watching a video, the audio is out of sync by like 2 seconds always. Very annoying
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I'm also experiencing the Bluetooth Audio delay on my Galaxy S7 Edge. I tried 3 different bluetooth devices, cleared the cache, reset phone to factory defaults and still the delay exists. When using a wired headset or playing through the built in speakers, there is no issue.
I went to Best Buy and paired my bluetooth device to one of their display Galaxy S7 Edge phones, played a video and also noticed the same delay. I emailed Samsung technical support and they asked me to send it in for repairs. Seems like it's a general issue though. I hope they issue a patch for this.
I also have this problem with S7. The audio quality is really really bad when compared to e.g. Nexus 5. This might be "Samsung" related, because the other Samsung phone I own suffers from exactly the same crackling and overal bad quality sound over A2DP. I tried 2 different bluetooth receivers, so I'd not blame receivers for that.
Also noticed this.
Also noticed this with the S7 Edge I bought just yesterday. I switched up from my HTC One M8 and immediately noticed the crackling and static that was coming out from my car stereo. Never had the problem with my M8, I guess I'm going to be carrying two phones for the time being
Yeah I'm using my N6P as my music player and my S7E for everything else :-/ this is so ****ty. Sucks also since my '15 civic EX-L doesn't have aux in. So I have no choice
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Also noticed this with the S7 Edge I bought just yesterday. I switched up from my HTC One M8 and immediately noticed the crackling and static that was coming out from my car stereo. Never had the problem with my M8, I guess I'm going to be carrying two phones for the time being
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Got this aswell. Both in car and on Bose Soundlink 2. It's horrible. Back to Android after a few years with a iPhone and never had these issues over at that side. Hope this gets fixed. Else I have to sell this thing sadly.
Huh... thought I was crazy. Might be a deal breaker. Had my S7 Edge for almost 4 weeks now, and somehow just noticed it last week when the right song was playing... male vocals of all things, when hitting high notes, crackled like a mother. No problem in AUX, and no problem on my 6P. How Samsung screwed this up, I have no idea. So I've been using it via AUX in my car and controlling the songs via BT with my watch. Kind of a pain. Plus I constantly have to turn the EQ on/off switching between the car and headphones.
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Just got my GS 7 Edge yesterday, and after having the S6 and Note 5, one thing I've noticed immediately was there was a crackle/static noise when streaming audio via bluetooth to my car. This issue was also present in the last 2 phones, but when I use my Nexus 6P everything is fine. Has anyone else seen this issue with their phone yet? It sucks because my '15 Honda Civic does not have an AUX port so I have to use bluetooth. I've tried using different apps (Spotify and PowerAmp are my 2 most used apps) and no change. Seems to be more noticeable in PowerAmp though.
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I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone, but I found that the problem was caused by the smartwatch that was connected to the cellphone, it seems that the bluetooth is not capable to manage efficiently two connections at the same time. When I disconnect the smartwatch the crackling is no more. I hope this can be solved through a software update.
Hope this work for you too.
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I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone, but I found that the problem was caused by the smartwatch that was connected to the cellphone, it seems that the bluetooth is not capable to manage efficiently two connections at the same time. When I disconnect the smartwatch the crackling is no more. I hope this can be solved through a software update.
Hope this work for you too.
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Interesting, because I only noticed the problem after getting my smartwatch. But even when I shut down the watch and try listening, the distortion was still there. Maybe I needed to restart the phone too or something?... not sure. Should have tested with my 6P to see if it did the same thing.
Yes same her if I use my s2 and level U earphones I used to get this issue, but of late after the s7 updates it is sorted
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any of you having an issue were audio and viedo arent in sync via bluetooth
for me the problem was solved when stop using poweramp, now using pulsar and wroks fine, I'm using smart watch and audio bt too
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I'm also experiencing the Bluetooth Audio delay on my Galaxy S7 Edge. I tried 3 different bluetooth devices, cleared the cache, reset phone to factory defaults and still the delay exists. When using a wired headset or playing through the built in speakers, there is no issue.
I went to Best Buy and paired my bluetooth device to one of their display Galaxy S7 Edge phones, played a video and also noticed the same delay. I emailed Samsung technical support and they asked me to send it in for repairs. Seems like it's a general issue though. I hope they issue a patch for this.
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this is driving me crazy as well did phone get fixed ?
So I purchased some new JBL headphones black Friday. They work perfectly with everything but my Essential phone. Basically the audio cuts in and out less the 12" away. I listen to a lot of music and this is complete BS! Bluetooth in my car is sometimes sketchy and also on my Bose SoundLink Mini.
Do all of you have connection issues? Is it a firmware issue? I'm still on stock 7.1.1 with latest security patch.
P.S. All this happens on my wife's white one as wellwith same everything.
I have the same issue with multiple bluetooth audio devices on mine. Someone suggested turning off Bluetooth scanning in the location portion of the system settings but that did not fix it for me.
I'm on the Oreo beta.
The one thing turning off scanning DID fix for me in terms of Bluetooth issues was the constant disconnects I was seeing to my smart watch. That's stable now.
No issues with BT on my PH-1 with the numerous BT headphones i've used it with.
Currently using a Bose Soundlink OE and no complaints whatsoever.
Tried all Roms, stock and Oreo and BT audio is fine on my end.
After messing with the Bluetooth settings, I removed all devices and rebooted the phone as well. I paired the JBL and sure enough they work fine with no audio dropping. So I'm wondering if something is going on when I first initially pair the devices. I'm not a radio engineer, so I'm only guessing. It seems like it's not getting full handshake with the devices I first pair with. Only after I forget the device, reboot, the pair again will it have a good grip on the device.
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After messing with the Bluetooth settings, I removed all devices and rebooted the phone as well. I paired the JBL and sure enough they work fine with no audio dropping. So I'm wondering if something is going on when I first initially pair the devices. I'm not a radio engineer, so I'm only guessing. It seems like it's not getting full handshake with the devices I first pair with. Only after I forget the device, reboot, the pair again will it have a good grip on the device.
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I got a red OnePlus 5T and white Essential at the same time and on looks alone used the essential. I've had two black models previous to this. I went to the gym after syncing my BT headphones and the result was music that but out every .5 seconds. Needless to say, I wanted to kill myself. I tried deleting all devices, resyncing, restarting, nada. I immediately went to the OnePlus with no issues. The essential is such a good value proposition especially with regards to build quality but I'm running out of reasons to keep trying it, price aside.
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I got a red OnePlus 5T and white Essential at the same time and on looks alone used the essential. I've had two black models previous to this. I went to the gym after syncing my BT headphones and the result was music that but out every .5 seconds. Needless to say, I wanted to kill myself. I tried deleting all devices, resyncing, restarting, nada. I immediately went to the OnePlus with no issues. The essential is such a good value proposition especially with regards to build quality but I'm running out of reasons to keep trying it, price aside.
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I totally get that. I haven't had the Bluetooth issues any more. Unfortunately now it will randomly freeze up. So, I am actually thinking of selling mine and getting a OnePlus 5t.
Just want to add that i have my essential phone since Dec. Never had any Bluetooth issues.
I've also got the same problem, can't connect to my PC, my pebble does connect but I have to "forget device", rescan and repair it everytime I connect. It's very temperamental with my Bluetooth headset too
with the beta versions of the os under developer options you now see options for different bluetooth codecs including aptx. I believe it is still a grey area if essential has acquired the rights to include the aptx codec but if you are rooted you can sideload the aptx directly. See here for more info on aptx https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531440
Hope it helps you out.
Personally ive experienced no bluetooth issues using stenheiser hd-1 in ear headphones, bluetooth stereos and car adapters.
I'm having the same issue with my Essential phone and all bluetooth audio playback devices. If the phone is more than a foot away, it gets choppy. I don't have a workaround yet but will try some of the suggestions here.
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I'm having the same issue with my Essential phone and all bluetooth audio playback devices. If the phone is more than a foot away, it gets choppy. I don't have a workaround yet but will try some of the suggestions here.
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The Bluetooth connectivity is not that great. I don't quite have the exact problem you describe, but range is pretty poor. For example, my Gear S3 Classic is about 6-7 meters away from me right now and I cannot connect to it via Bluetooth. I have to be closer. My Samsung S8+ (after some post-launch patches of course) could maintain the connection to about 10 meters away. My S7 easily did 15 meter radius. This is all comparison in the same physical space.
my BT stutters about once every 45 seconds or so, also in my 2011 Mazda 3, the names of the songs do not display up on the screen where they had with every other phone i have had paired.
BTW if you are thinking of buying a 2009-13 Mazda3 there is a 5 second BT audio delay while watching Youtube/ videos ... and it gets really annoying
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my BT stutters about once every 45 seconds or so, also in my 2011 Mazda 3, the names of the songs do not display up on the screen where they had with every other phone i have had paired.
BTW if you are thinking of buying a 2009-13 Mazda3 there is a 5 second BT audio delay while watching Youtube/ videos ... and it gets really annoying
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Latency like that is perceptible on almost all phones and receivers... Your car is not special in that way...
Wanna see some really bad latency... Try playing a game on an emulator while using a Chromecast to your TV...
Here is a perfect example of how bad it is. I did a little test with my bluetooth speaker(it's nothing special, just an average bluetooth speaker, a few years old so not the latest bluetooth tech.)
I set the phone on the kitchen counter, connected and playing music on my speaker which is right next to it. I pick up the speaker and hold it to my chest, while I'm leaning against the counter, then turn around so my body is between the phone and speaker, it quits working. I spin back around, it works... As a comparison, i dug the old S6 out of a drawer, and it can play on the speaker with me holding the speaker the same way, spin around, and walk to the other end of my kitchen which is about 16ft and it keeps playing the whole time.
Same issue with bluetooth headphones, which led me to this awful issue. I'm a cyclist, and with the phone in my back pocket of my jersey, the headphones won't work.
Frustrated, today I unlocked and flashed back to the oldest stock software I could find... still doesn't work.
Same issue here. Is there a fix for this?
The only device I get a solid connection with is my Jabra Elite 65t headset (which happens to be BT 5.0 like the phone is). My Samsung gear and both of my cars have horrible connections. I believe there is a memory leak in the bluetooth stack because It'll get worse and worse, then I can clear it up temporarily by turning off bluetooth for about 30 seconds to 1 minute then turning it on again... then it'll tend to last until I reconnect again later.
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Here is a perfect example of how bad it is. I did a little test with my bluetooth speaker(it's nothing special, just an average bluetooth speaker, a few years old so not the latest bluetooth tech.)
I set the phone on the kitchen counter, connected and playing music on my speaker which is right next to it. I pick up the speaker and hold it to my chest, while I'm leaning against the counter, then turn around so my body is between the phone and speaker, it quits working. I spin back around, it works... As a comparison, i dug the old S6 out of a drawer, and it can play on the speaker with me holding the speaker the same way, spin around, and walk to the other end of my kitchen which is about 16ft and it keeps playing the whole time.
Same issue with bluetooth headphones, which led me to this awful issue. I'm a cyclist, and with the phone in my back pocket of my jersey, the headphones won't work.
Frustrated, today I unlocked and flashed back to the oldest stock software I could find... still doesn't work.
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If you are on 8.1 you can go into developer area and there are settings for BT connection type. You may be able.to get better results by changing from the default which is best effort to one that prioritizes connection quality. There are other settings as well. I haven't played with the settings because I'm not seeing issues.
Fixed mine
Disabled hd audio:aac in bluetooth device settings(for each headphones or device with that issue) and drop outs stopped i had them every 40sec for .5.
I have 4 different Bluetooth devices that all work perfect and all have 10+ meter range. I'm on the AICP rom and no problems at all.
I have a weird sound problem with my S7 Edge, and it doesn't seem to be the same as in other threads on here.
This only happens when I connect to my car Aux socket via an aux cable, and it also only happens with certain music apps.
When I use Poweramp, everything is fine. Music plays faultlessly and sound quality is great. However, sometimes I use another music app, Player Pro, if I want to play something else, but save my place in my current Poweramp playlist. This is when the problem starts of random, but quite loud 'clicking' during music playback. This 'clicking' sounds almost like a 'chirp', and there seem to be two 'chirps' very close together, as the sound appears to sweep from the right to left channels, but I think it's one 'chirp' coming out of each channel, making it sound like two (if that makes sense!). If I then use another music app, say, Black Player, after using Player Pro, the 'chirping' is still there, but if I reboot the phone, and don't use Player Pro, then Black Player plays OK. I know this sounds really convoluted, but I prefer the sound quality from Player Pro, so ideally, I'd like to use that, and Player Pro plays fine via Bluetooth.
So, it seems that the problem could be with Player Pro, yes? However, today, I installed JetAudio HD, without first using Player Pro, and the clicking / chirping started with that too!
I've tried with UHQ Upscaler (in S7 settings) on and off and this seems to make no difference. With UHQ Upscaler on, this seems to mess with the volume on Poweramp, so I don't have it switched on. It seems to me that there's a compatibility issue somewhere with something in certain music players, and the stock Samsung sound settings, but in the S7 sound settings, I have everything switched off, so that the music player apps can take care of EQs etc.
I'm tearing my hair out with this, as sometimes, Player Pro will play all day long without any problems, so this is so random that it seems impossible to work out where the problem lies.
Can anyone suggest anything? I haven't been threatened with Oreo for this phone yet, and actually have auto-updates switched off, as I don't want it, having already had it ruin my HTC 10.